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The NCAA men's basketball tournament gets underway Thursday. It's a field padded with big-conference also-rans who have taken spots from more deserving teams with lesser pedigrees.

As local and federal authorities hold a "gang summit" in Los Angeles, Police Chief William Bratton offers a list of the city's worst gangs. Braton says it will help target offenders. Critics worry he may be creating a de facto badge of honor for gang members.

The president exercised his veto for only the third time, sending the proposed law back to Congress, where Democrats lack the numbers to override it.

The U.S. is pushing for a diplomatic resolution in the West African country of Niger, as Secretary Blinken warns that Russian-backed mercenaries Wagner are taking advantage of the instability there.

Frank Snowden, author of the book, Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present, describes how pandemics stretching back centuries and our responses to them have shaped history.

The 2010 Nicki Minaj album Pink Friday brought vibrant new shades to hip-hop.

The latest reshuffle in college sports has seen eight teams leaving the Pac-12 for other Power 5 conferences — putting the once prestigious century-old conference on the brink of collapse.

The United Nations Security Council meets on Sudan, as a deadly power struggle in the capital continues. More than 4 million people have been uprooted in the conflict, which began in April.

Overdose deaths from fentanyl and other opioids have surged but medications that could save thousands of lives "are sitting on the shelf unused," according to new research.